Management of a Novice Alchemist: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 8] by Mizuho Itsuki

Author:Mizuho Itsuki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Kate’s arrow plinked off the lava lizard’s head.

But that wasn’t a problem. A lone lava lizard would choose flight over fight. They already knew that from repeated experience.

“Iris! It’s headed your way!”

“Right! Hahhh!”

Iris was lying in wait, and applied a light attack to adjust the lizard’s direction. They were chasing it toward a muddy spot of ground that Kate had created where they had hidden Nordrad’s net.

There had been a lot of hard work before this—finding a lizard that was relaxing on its own, which they could lead toward a trap they had set—but we’ll omit that part. There had also been frustrations when the lizard they found moved before the trap was set, or ran in a direction they hadn’t expected, but we’ll leave that part out too.

After many struggles, the two of them finally chased a lava lizard into the trap.

“Nord(-san)!!!” they called out in unison.

“Leave it to me!”

Nordrad pulled the rope, raising the hidden net, and snagged the lava lizard.

The trapped lizard thrashed around, trying to escape, but Iris rushed in and pressed down on its head.

“Guh! It’s hot! Hurry!!!”

Iris’s equipment was able to handle actual lava, so a lava lizard was no problem. However, it didn’t help her exposed face much, and if she touched the lizard, she was sure to get burned.

Taking care to avoid that, Iris held the struggling lizard down, but even with physical enhancement on her side, there was a considerable size difference, and it slowly dragged her with it.

Kate rushed to her aid, trying to tie a rope around the lizard’s hind legs, but its claws were sharp, and any scratch from them would cause a serious injury.

“I-It’s tail is pretty strong too, huh?!”

Nordrad hugged its tail, but the lava lizard was putting up the fight of its life.

Fwump, fwump, it slammed its tail against the ground hard enough to smash the rocks that were lying there. If it landed a square hit on any of the team, they would easily be crushed by it.

“Nghhhhhh...”

Nordrad braced his legs against the ground, desperately trying to dig his heels in, but...

“Gwagh!”

His feet slipped ever so briefly, and he flew up into the air.

Nordrad came down again with a loud bang as he slammed into the rocks.

“Nord! Are you all right?!” Iris shouted.

“J-Just fine... If it weren’t for my well-toned muscles, I’d have been in trouble, though!”

He was lucky he’d been thrown, not struck by the tail. Nordrad sat up and shook his head. Like he claimed, he was unhurt. The researcher exhaled, then flexed his biceps to show off.

A vein bulged on Iris’s temple. “Then use those muscles to grab the damn tail!”

The reason that lava lizards hadn’t been a significant threat to Iris and Kate in the past was because they had been engaging the lizards under advantageous conditions. They weren’t normally so easy to kill.

Iris was holding her own thanks to physical enhancement, but once it wore off, the balance would be broken, and her own life might be at risk. It was only natural that she’d speak harshly.

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